Elements of a Short Story

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Image: 7a86eaa2-5419-49ea-b2bf-a6bda5637ed8.gif (image/gif)	POINT OF VIEW The perspective of angle from which an author tells a story. The Point of View affects what the reader knows about the characters and actions in the story.
Image: 49fec66d-94f3-46aa-9ad2-88db9617e89d.gif (image/gif)	CONFLICT The main struggle or the many struggles a character faces; without conflict, there is no story.
Image: 0b5fc164-557e-4be7-9946-9c00b8b2bb08.PNG (image/PNG)	PLOT The story line or actions and events in a story.
Image: f0d46eef-5837-4ba3-829b-b6d2d5c0ec5a.gif (image/gif)	CHARACTERS The individuals in a work of fiction. Characters can be well-developed or they can be minor characters about whom we know only one or two characteristics.
Image: c385537c-3233-49b5-bc1c-04d6c3d48969.gif (image/gif)	SETTING The location and time in which a story takes place. Sometimes, it is simply the backdrop of the story; but sometimes it functions as a character, influencing the meaning and mood of a story.
Image: 3cb146d1-fbd2-4536-bf5c-1e4a244e137d.gif (image/gif)	THEME The meaning of the work or the life lesson that readers should learn as a result of reading the story.

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	Created by Amanda Adams over 8 years ago